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Definitions for sumpter
ˈsʌmp tərsumpter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pack animal, sumpternoun

    an animal (such as a mule or burro or horse) used to carry loads

Wiktionary

  1. sumpternoun

    the driver of a packhorse

  2. sumpternoun

    a packhorse, a beast of burden

  3. Etymology: Old French sometier, from late Latin sagma, from Greek σαγμα ‘pack-saddle’.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Sumpternoun

    A horse that carries the cloaths or furniture.

    Etymology: sommier, French; somaro, Italian.

    Return with her!
    Persuade me rather to be a slave and sumpter
    To this detested groom. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    With full force his deadly bow he bent,
    And feather’d fates among the mules and sumpters sent. Dry.

    Two sumpter mules, bred of large Flanders mares. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

ChatGPT

  1. sumpter

    A sumpter is a pack animal, such as a horse or mule, used for carrying luggage or goods, especially during a journey. Additionally, a sumpter can also refer to the driver or attendant of such animals.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sumpternoun

    the driver of a pack horse

  2. Sumpternoun

    a pack; a burden

  3. Sumpternoun

    an animal, especially a horse, that carries packs or burdens; a baggage horse

  4. Sumpteradjective

    carrying pack or burdens on the back; as, a sumpter horse; a sumpter mule

  5. Etymology: [OF. sommetier the driver of a pack horse; akin to OF. & F. sommier a pack horse, L. sagmarius, fr. sagma a pack saddle, in LL., a load, Gr. a pack saddle, fr. to pack, load; cf. Skr. saj, saj, to hang on. Cf. Seam a weight, Summer a beam.]

Wikidata

  1. Sumpter

    Sumpter is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States. The population was 204 at the 2010 census. Sumpter is named after Fort Sumter by its founders. The name was inspired by a rock as smooth and round as a canonball, which reminded a local resident of the American Civil War and Fort Sumter.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sumpter

    sump′tėr, n. a horse for carrying burdens. [With inserted p from O. Fr. somier—Low L. sagmarius—Gr. sagma, a pack-saddle—Gr. sattein, to pack.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SUMPTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sumpter is ranked #4467 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sumpter surname appeared 7,950 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Sumpter.

    51.8% or 4,121 total occurrences were White.
    41.6% or 3,309 total occurrences were Black.
    2.5% or 201 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.5% or 199 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.1% or 94 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.3% or 26 total occurrences were Asian.

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  1. restump

  2. stumper

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sumpter in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sumpter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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